NEWSMAKERS 2014: The Kamloops connection to ISIS

By Glynn Brothen

Collin Gordon is a former student of TRU's business program.

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December 29, 2014 - 2:30 PM

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KAMLOOPS - Few stories got more attention world-wide than the advance of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIS or ISIL. The terrorists made international headlines as the group spread through Syria and Iraq, taunted the West and posted videos of beheadings to YouTube in a carefully crafted propaganda effort.

But perhaps most distressing and confusing was where many of their soldiers came from: The UK, the U.S. and Canada including a connection right here in Kamloops.

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